Before the American Revolution there were frequent slave…

I understand politically that uprisings take place as a combination of spontaneity and preparation, not that preparation is more important than spontaneity.

— Vijay Prashad

I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those…

— Linton Kwesi Johnson

There are several studies done of peasant uprisings where the first chapter might be 'conditions in that area' and so the conditions are bad,…

— Vijay Prashad

And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what…

— Madeleine Albright

Over the last two or so decades, there's been an increase in thinking among the Left, liberals, intellectuals in the direction of so-called spontaneity.…

— Vijay Prashad

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not…

— Chinua Achebe

Some of the greatest uprisings and consequent civil wars in Mexico have centered squarely on the ownership of land.

— Wole Soyinka

Three of our provinces have seen mass uprisings. The three provinces are Khuzestan, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan. Recently, we witnessed massive demonstration by Iranian woman…

— Akbar Ganji

“The words from across the ocean were beaten out of them over time. For simplicity, to erase their identities, to smother uprisings.”

— Colson Whitehead

“There will always be new opposites, class struggles and uprisings. History has no ending.”

— Henning Mankell

The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings.

— Toyotomi Hideyoshi

“When the actions becomes frequent than the words, success becomes heavier than the dreams. Do more, say less.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Frequent prayer has great value. On its surface, this sounds simplistic. But if we're to keep prayer at the forefront of our ministry, we…

— Adam Hamilton

“I say “every so often” but it’s more frequent than that.”

— Stanley Elkin

The fact that I was fortunate enough to escape contagion, in spite of frequent, sometimes daily contacts with the disease, was because I soon…

— Charles Jules Henry Nicole